There are a million different ways to plan your week so that you feel organised and in control, and get stuff done. Different ways will work at different times. The key is to try different methods and stick with the ones that work until they don’t work anymore. My...
Despite many people thinking I’m super organised, all the time, it's not true. I’m only as organized as I am, because left to my own devices, without strategies and a lot of self-care in place, my thinking can become quite chaotic and my world then reflects this. I...
Making decisions enables us to move forward in business and life. Some decisions are much easier to make than others. There are never-ending decisions to be made on a daily basis. Sometimes the sheer number of decisions we need to make can lead us into...
The parallels between drawing and planning deliciously revealed themselves to me at the weekend. Do your hobbies inspire your work? I’m a member of a recently formed Watercolour Club where we make art or paint Plein air, (that is outdoors for the...
I was standing in the shower, the warm water cascading over my head. Then, I saw a spider at the other end of the shower. It was just below head height on the brown tile on the left-hand wall, opposite the glass door. It was a big spider, about 5 cm across, and it...
There are infinite ways to plan your working week. What works for you won’t work for someone else and vice-versa. Don’t be afraid to test different ways of working to achieve your optimal working practices. I am often working with the ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’...
A creative mind can find the idea of sitting and writing down a bunch of dates on a calendar BORING as hell. The reality of scheduling is something very different. Having a ton of ideas and plenty of days where things must happen and then a bunch of days where you’d...
Planning and implementation. The 'and' in that sentence is key! There's no point creating a beautiful good feeling plan if it doesn't get implemented. The Plan - You need to prioritize your strategies. It all starts with thorough planning...
You are resourceful. When creating your Q3 plan, make the most of the current and future resources you have available to you. If you are alive, you have resources. At different times in business and life, you have access to more or fewer resources. Planning...